The Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration stated that it had no records regarding communications with Tom Barrack, Rick Gates and others American Oversight asked for these records after the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform detailed how senior White House officials in the early days of the Trump administration worked outside standard policymaking processes to advance a nuclear exports plan involving sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia.

Commerce's International Trade Administration stated that it had no records regarding sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia. American Oversight asked for records with key words including "Marshall Plan," "IP3," "Barrack," and ÒColonel Northstar."

American Oversight's lawsuit against several agencies seeking calendars following previous request for senior officials' calendars. Some of the requests are seeking calendars from mid-2018 and others' date back to the beginning of the administration.

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the Department of Commerce stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's FOIA request for communications with attorney Jeffrey Clark. In late 2018, Clark was confirmed to head the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice.